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nothing much to update about, but here ya go cynthers =D
Reading Sidewalk for Introductory Anthropology. About the life of street vendors, scavengers, and panhandlers in Greenwich Village in the 1980s-1990s. It notes that the homeless aren't typically from dysfunctional, terribly poor families. Usually what leads them to the street is drug abuse, and the disconnections from family and friends that result -from- that abuse (prior to their usage of drugs their family members weren't neglectful or anything like that). Some even claim to choose being homeless, because they have this, and I quote this from the book, a 'fuck it' mentality. It's apparently not rare for the homeless to be resigned to a life on the streets. They're even proud, in a sense, because what they're doing, vending, scavenging, panhandling, is better than robbing or stealing. Plus the street vendors get a sense of self-respect and pride from the way they are able to handle their businesses. And the book has a point, that they are in fact sustaining themselves, even if it's in an informal economy.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=X-PQY9ntAJo
http://youtube.com/watch?v=BblxCnoT8lA
Watch these funny videos from Jay Leno's Phony Free Photo Booth. They're awesome. 'Is that your girlfriend? Where was the girlfriend you were with...[pause] yesterday?' 'Coochie, coochie, coo, I got you in your belly, I got you in your belly, ah POO, ah POO, I got you in your belly!'
XD
Reading Sidewalk for Introductory Anthropology. About the life of street vendors, scavengers, and panhandlers in Greenwich Village in the 1980s-1990s. It notes that the homeless aren't typically from dysfunctional, terribly poor families. Usually what leads them to the street is drug abuse, and the disconnections from family and friends that result -from- that abuse (prior to their usage of drugs their family members weren't neglectful or anything like that). Some even claim to choose being homeless, because they have this, and I quote this from the book, a 'fuck it' mentality. It's apparently not rare for the homeless to be resigned to a life on the streets. They're even proud, in a sense, because what they're doing, vending, scavenging, panhandling, is better than robbing or stealing. Plus the street vendors get a sense of self-respect and pride from the way they are able to handle their businesses. And the book has a point, that they are in fact sustaining themselves, even if it's in an informal economy.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=X-PQY9ntAJo
http://youtube.com/watch?v=BblxCnoT8lA
Watch these funny videos from Jay Leno's Phony Free Photo Booth. They're awesome. 'Is that your girlfriend? Where was the girlfriend you were with...[pause] yesterday?' 'Coochie, coochie, coo, I got you in your belly, I got you in your belly, ah POO, ah POO, I got you in your belly!'
XD